Bettles Airport

PABT · United States

Climate Bettles Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bettles Airport (PABT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.5 88 86 79 87 96
February 79.5 81 76 90 99 83
March 82.4 81 82 95 81 74
April 88.9 89 99 86 62
May 93.1 93 87 94 99
June 82.2 47 100 57 100
July 84.4 80 90 79 85
August 73.9 58 77 60 94
September 75.3 62 79 80 66
October 69.0 57 70 74 73
November 76.1 76 67 90 74
December 71.3 85 56 66 79
Average 81.4 82.5 75.6 84.0 81.4 81.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.4 92 90 87 96 98
February 88.4 94 87 94 99 90
March 90.4 89 92 96 85 90
April 94.5 92 99 93 84
May 97.8 97 96 97 100
June 96.2 85 100 100 100
July 93.8 90 98 93 97
August 88.9 79 94 78 98
September 91.5 87 89 91 90
October 84.4 75 89 86 87
November 84.7 90 79 93 84
December 82.6 93 78 80 87
Average 91.1 91.3 88.1 92.9 90.3 92.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -19.2 -21 -15 -20 -14 -25
February -16.5 -12 -17 -17 -21 -19
March -8.7 -5 -7 -5 -10 -10
April 1.6 -4 3 1 1
May 13.9 14 13 13 15
June 21.2 19 22 21 22
July 22.3 23 21 21 20
August 17.3 20 17 16 21
September 11.1 10 12 10 11
October 0.3 -1 -1 1 -1
November -12.7 -6 -11 -16 -13
December -15.2 -16 -16 -18 -12
Average 0.0 -13.0 1.8 2.1 0.3 0.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -27.0 -30 -22 -29 -22 -33
February -26.1 -23 -27 -28 -33 -31
March -21.5 -19 -21 -18 -24 -23
April -11.1 -18 -11 -13 -8
May 2.8 3 2 2 4
June 8.8 9 8 9 10
July 10.8 12 10 11 9
August 7.5 10 7 7 8
September 2.3 2 4 1 3
October -7.4 -8 -7 -5 -8
November -19.8 -13 -17 -23 -20
December -23.3 -24 -23 -26 -20
Average -11.9 -24.1 -9.9 -9.9 -10.4 -10.9

24th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.1 15 21 29 18 10
February 23.5 23 34 18 6 28
March 19.2 23 17 9 26 19
April 12.8 15 0 18 34
May 8.0 11 10 6 3
June 10.3 15 12 50 0
July 10.8 13 14 18 14
August 19.9 21 25 29 8
September 20.1 28 23 16 25
October 27.0 39 36 28 17
November 28.1 35 44 26 22
December 34.5 34 32 49 29
Average 18.3 21.3 21.8 18.7 20.0 17.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.1 3 4 3 4 3
February 3.7 3 3 5 3 4
March 4.3 5 4 4 4 5
April 5.5 5 6 6 5
May 5.0 5 5 5 5
June 4.7 6 5 8 7
July 3.6 3 4 4 3
August 3.7 4 3 3 3
September 3.9 4 3 4 4
October 3.8 4 4 4 4
November 3.6 4 3 3 3
December 3.7 4 3 4 5
Average 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 015° 327° 347° 342° 359°
February 339° 348° 007° 341° 345°
March 334° 007° 023° 013° 339°
April 022° 026° 021° 036°
May 288° 297° 023° 046°
June 220° 300° 017° 052°
July 184° 221° 200° 220°
August 205° 212° 213° 074°
September 041° 024° 004° 020°
October 351° 356° 013° 015°
November 007° 352° 354° 006°
December 344° 002° 332° 012°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.